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Course Catalog

 Clinical Health Psychology Institute: Expanding Psychology Practice to Primary Health Care-Evidence, Skills, and Issues

On August 9, 2006, a one day program entitled Expanding Psychology Practice to Primary Health Care; Evidence Skills and Issues was held prior to the APA’s Convention in New Orleans. There is much written and discussed concerning psychology integrating into medicine, but practical knowledge has been difficult to obtain. The focus this course, modeled on the program, is identification of key knowledge in the Integration of Psychology and Medicine. It includes specific workshops designed to teach skills necessary to implement evidenced-based assessment and interventions to medical patients.

Successful completion will provide you with 7 CE credits. A CE certificate may be downloaded and printed immediately upon completion.

Price: US$140.00

 

Evidence-Based Group Treatments for Survivors of Catastrophic Trauma

In this INTERMEDIATE workshop on group therapy for survivors of psychological trauma, two manualized treatments are presented: trauma focus group therapy (TFGT), a behavioral model incorporating skills-building and trauma exposure; and present-centered group therapy (PCGT), a supportive approach informed by schema theory.  Demonstration, didactics, and discussion center on group interventions for specific PTSD symptom clusters, as well as trauma-based attitudes, beliefs, and feelings. Application to recent trauma (e.g., war, terrorism, natural disaster) emphasizes adjustment issues, reintegration into community, and depathologizing of distress.

This workshop is designed to help you:

  1. Detail the rationale for and the core components of trauma focus group treatment (TFGT) for PTSD,
  2. Detail the rationale for the core components of present centered group treatment (PCGT) for PTSD,
  3. Articulate key considerations for the appropriate staging and pacing of group PTSD treatments, and
  4. Specify at least three strategies for addressing common group treatment for PTSD implementation impediments. 

Successful completion will provide you with 4 CE credits. A CE certificate may be downloaded and printed immediately upon completion.

Price: US$80.00

Antidepressant Treatment Update: Integration of Psychopharmacology and CBT

This intermediate workshop presents practical information for practicing psychologists about the effects of common antidepressant, how to best explain these medications and their effects to patients, and how to employ cognitive-behavioral principles and practices to enhance pharmacotherapy. The antidepressant teaching is based on understanding the division of antidepressants into seven classes according to their neurotransmitter effects. Once the seven classes are recognized, it is possible to have a logical approach to selection of a particular antidepressant based on the side effect profile of the class to which it belongs. In addition, practitioners will learn to identify medical illness, medication side effects, and drug effects that can produce depressive symptoms and practical outcome measures to track and modify treatment.

Successful completion will provide you with 4 CE credits. A CE certificate may be downloaded and printed immediately upon completion.

Price: US$80.00

APA's Ethics Code: An Introduction and Overview

The Bylaws of the American Psychological Association charge the APA Ethics Committee with formulating “rules or principles of ethics for adoption by the Association.” The APA adopted its first Ethics Code in 1953, and in 1996 the Ethics Committee began the process of drafting the Code’s 10th revision. This course provides an overview of the new APA Ethics Code, which the APA Council of Representatives adopted in August 2002 and which became effective in June 2003. While the course focuses on highlights of the 10th Ethics Code revision, the course participant will gain a solid grasp of the new Code’s letter and spirit.

Successful completion will provide you with 4 CE credits. A CE certificate may be downloaded and printed immediately upon completion.

Price: US$80.00

The Proper Focus of Evidence-Based Practice

What is the proper focus of evidence-based practice? Is it the treatment method, the psychotherapy relationship, the client as self-active healer, or principles based on the preponderance of evidence from the process-outcome research? In this program, five preeminent psychotherapy researchers advocate for these positions. A discussion by an expert in the area of psychotherapy integration emphasizes the need for methodological pluralism in understanding these different perspectives and a realistic stance when thinking about theory in the light of third-party reimbursement.

This symposium was organized by the Division of Psychotherapy for the 2005 annual convention of the American Psychological Association in Washington D.C. It is based on the 2006 book Evidence-based practices in mental health: Debate and dialogue on the fundamental questions edited by John C. Norcross, Larry E. Beutler, and APA past-president Ron F. Levant and published by the American Psychological Association.

Biographies of the Presenters

Successful completion will provide you with 4 CE credits. A CE certificate may be downloaded and printed immediately upon completion.

Price: US$80.00

Taking care of the hated and hateful patient

Countertransference phenomena, the emotional responses of psychotherapists to their patients, are an inevitable component of psychotherapy. How psychotherapists feel about their patients provides important clinical data that influences the treatment process. In contrast to classical psychoanalytic thinking that represents the personal reactions of the psychotherapist as irrelevant or detrimental, more recent ideas understand these reactions as opportunities to enhance the treatment process.

Countertransference rage and hatred are particularly threatening topics. Psychotherapists are healers who care for their patients. To acknowledge hostile feelings towards a patient takes courage and professional maturity. How to make effective use of these feelings in understanding and managing the treatment relationship is challenging and risky. Nevertheless, hatred in its various forms is inevitable in a profession where exposure to intense affect is routine. In the treatment of personality disorders where the therapist is invited to reenact certain aggressive roles, the alternative to experiencing hatred may be affective numbing and stonewalling.

This symposium, originally presented at the 2005 APA Convention in Washington D.C., brings together four experienced psychotherapists to discuss the theoretical aspects of countertransference anger and hatred and its management in practice.

Biographies of the Presenters

Successful completion will provide you with 4 CE credits. A CE certificate may be downloaded and printed immediately upon completion.

Price: US$80.00

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia: Theory, Assessment & Treatment

Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and fibromyalgia (FM) are controversial and poorly understood illnesses without clearly defined causes or well-established treatments. In this introductory workshop, participants will learn about illness controversies; theories of causation; practical methods of psychological, behavioral, and community assessment; and effective, individualized treatment strategies using cognitive, behavioral, and experiential interventions. Using a mind/body approach, clinicians can offer realistic hope for substantial improvement to these patients.

Successful completion will provide you with 8 CE credits. A CE certificate may be downloaded and printed immediately upon completion.

Price: US$120.00

 

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